Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Baton Rouge Police are investigating the shooting death of a 38-year-old man found in a canal by nearby residents about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, behind houses in the 4300 block of Jefferson Avenue just south of Washington Avenue, said Cpl. LJean McKneely Jr. This photo looks south, from where Washington Avenue is intersected by West Belfair Drive.

Baton Rouge police are investigating the shooting death of a 38-year-old Baton Rouge man whose body was found Tuesday morning in a canal behind some houses just south of Washington Avenue, Cpl. L’Jean McKneely Jr. said.

Police identified the victim Tuesday afternoon as Alexander Jason Scott, 3836 Adams Ave., which is just a few blocks away from where his body was found.